Date: Mon, 24 Apr 2000 15:09:05 -0400 From: Alok Dhir <adhir@forumone.com> To: "'Jordan K. Hubbard'" <jkh@zippy.cdrom.com>, "'Rodney W. Grimes'" <freebsd@gndrsh.dnsmgr.net> Cc: "'Jacques A . Vidrine'" <n@nectar.com>, 'Richard Wackerbarth' <rkw@dataplex.net>, "'freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG'" <freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: RE: SMP changes and breaking kld object module compatibility Message-ID: <AFD7CFC52B58014B9C0BFAF32EAB48EF014ED0@PLUTO.forumone.com>
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One (relatively minor) example is Open Sound System... http://www.opensound.com/freebsd.html Al > -----Original Message----- > From: owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG > [mailto:owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG]On Behalf Of Jordan > K. Hubbard > Sent: Monday, April 24, 2000 2:58 PM > To: Rodney W. Grimes > Cc: Jacques A . Vidrine; Richard Wackerbarth; > freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG > Subject: Re: SMP changes and breaking kld object module compatibility > > > > Gee, is that perhaps because FreeBSD keeps breaking the ABI > to modules > > so every vendor that has ever tried to use them has been > bitten by the > > fact that they have to maintain N version for each branch > of FreeBSD??? > > Can you list some specific examples? I'm not trying to be a wise-ass, > I'm trying to figure out which vendors are using KLDs in general since > I've still yet to actually bump into a real-life example of this kind > of breakage in the field. I'm not saying that it's never happened, > I'm simply saying that I've not seen it and would like some details on > such incidents - company name and module type will do fine. > > - Jordan > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
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